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| Bdsdiv Diglot Newbie Egypt Joined 5019 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: Arabic (Egyptian)*, English | Message 1 of 9 28 February 2011 at 2:41pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hi
I am interested in learning Spanish at a nearby Cervantes center after checking their website. However when I called them to inquire about the courses and about the intensive course, the guy told me that the intensive course starts at the same date, ends at the same date, is double the amount of hours (60 hours instead of 30) and is almost double the price of the regular one. When I asked about how many levels does the intensive course cover in relation to the regular one, he said that both of them cover the same language level which I thought was very weird. Regular course: 3 hour classes, 2 days/week, 5 weeks, 30 hours total, $, Intensive course: 3 hour classes, 4 days//week, 5 weeks, 60 hours total, $$, same language level as regular Did anyone try Cervantes before? Can you help me understand what is the difference between their regular and intensive courses? is it then more efficient and (intensive) to take the regular course rather than take the intensive one? Thanks 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5694 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes  Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 2 of 9 28 February 2011 at 6:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
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By "language level" do you mean the CEF scale (A1, A2, B1, etc.)? I didn't completely understand what you meant by that...
I would assume that, if the regular course claims to (for example) take you from A1 to A2, the intensive course would have to take you twice as far; i.e. from A1 to B1. Otherwise I can't see why it would cost twice as much. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Bdsdiv Diglot Newbie Egypt Joined 5019 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: Arabic (Egyptian)*, English | Message 3 of 9 28 February 2011 at 6:59pm | IP Logged | |||||
ٌYes, that's exactly what I meant
Me neither. That's the riddle that I can't solve :) I even phoned them again to ask about this point but they kept repeating the same info as above regarding the dates, frequency of classes, and so on. It's really frustrating trying to get some basic info about a course :( 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5694 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 4 of 9 01 March 2011 at 12:09am | IP Logged | |||||
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Well, I'm guessing that this could be a possible answer: if the guy is telling you that both courses "cover the same language level," maybe he means that for either course, you can start at any one of the CEF levels? So in that way they both "cover all the same levels"? I know it's a stretch, but it's my best guess. :/
EDIT: Two ideas. 1: Ask the guy "If I'm a B1 (or whatever level you are) now, what level would I be at by the end of the regular course? And what level by the end of the intensive?" 2. Just ask him straight out "So what's the difference between the two courses? Why does one take twice as long?" (EDIT: It shouldn't be "twice as long," I made a mistake writing that. It should say "Why does one have twice as many class hours?") Edited by Jinx on 01 March 2011 at 12:50am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Bdsdiv Diglot Newbie Egypt Joined 5019 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: Arabic (Egyptian)*, English | Message 5 of 9 01 March 2011 at 12:31am | IP Logged | |||||
That's what I am going to do tomorrow. Thank you for your help :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5694 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 6 of 9 01 March 2011 at 12:49am | IP Logged | |||||
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You're welcome, sorry I couldn't be even more helpful! If you have the inclination, post back here when you're figured it out. Because now I'm intrigued and I want to know the answer too. ;)
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| skchi Groupie United States Joined 5746 days ago 57 posts - 86 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 7 of 9 01 March 2011 at 3:57am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm interested in their answer too! The answers that they gave you so far have been kind of strange.
My local Alliance Francaise offers intensive classes, but there isn't any confusion about the difference. The intensive classes are basically two regular classes in the time span of one regular class. They meet for double the number of hours, cost twice as much, and cover twice the amount of material as the regular classes. Edited by skchi on 01 March 2011 at 3:58am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Bdsdiv Diglot Newbie Egypt Joined 5019 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: Arabic (Egyptian)*, English | Message 8 of 9 01 March 2011 at 1:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hi everyone
The riddle has been solved! The answer is that the regular course covers only 1/2 a level (for example, 1/2 of level A1.1) while the intensive one covers the whole level (for example, all of level A1.1). So, in short, I would either have to take two regular courses to finish a level or I would just have to take one intensive course to finish it. What a relief :) And thank you for sharing it with me :D Note: If anyone is interested, this is a link for their locations around the world http://tinyurl.com/67m4n6 Edited by Bdsdiv on 01 March 2011 at 1:10pm 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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